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注冊(cè)美國(guó)是世界上擁有大學(xué)最多的國(guó)家,其中有令人神往的一流大學(xué),也有令人頭痛的野雞大學(xué)。每年都有很多中國(guó)留學(xué)生被美國(guó)一些野雞大學(xué)騙取錢財(cái),那么如何來(lái)辨別眾多的美國(guó)大學(xué)是不是qualified,是不是有資格授予學(xué)位證書(shū)呢?
美國(guó)教育部的聲明
很多美國(guó)學(xué)校在中國(guó)招生宣傳時(shí)都說(shuō)自己是美國(guó)教育部認(rèn)證的。事實(shí)上,在美國(guó)教育部的官方網(wǎng)站上就明確說(shuō)明了美國(guó)教育部沒(méi)有認(rèn)證大學(xué)的職能,只是制定一些法律來(lái)規(guī)定一些認(rèn)證機(jī)構(gòu)去認(rèn)證大學(xué)的quality。原文:
The U.S. Department of Education does not accredit educational institutions and/or programs. However, the Secretary of Education is required by law to publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies that the Secretary determines to be reliable authorities as to the quality of education or training provided by the institutions of higher education and the higher education programs they accredit. The U.S. Secretary of Education also recognizes State agencies for the approval of public post secondary vocational education and State agencies for the approval of nurse education.
美國(guó)大學(xué)的鑒定機(jī)構(gòu)
美國(guó)的大學(xué)認(rèn)證機(jī)構(gòu)按地域來(lái)分有6個(gè)區(qū)域性的認(rèn)證機(jī)構(gòu),這些機(jī)構(gòu)都通過(guò)了美國(guó)教育部(Department of Education)或高等教育司(the Council for Higher Education; http://www.chea.org)的認(rèn)可。這六個(gè)學(xué)位認(rèn)證機(jī)構(gòu)包括中部,東部,北部,南部,西部,西北部,每一個(gè)機(jī)構(gòu)負(fù)責(zé)對(duì)該轄區(qū)的正規(guī)大專院校進(jìn)行認(rèn)證。這些機(jī)構(gòu)通常對(duì)整個(gè)學(xué)校進(jìn)行認(rèn)證,一旦一個(gè)學(xué)校經(jīng)過(guò)這些機(jī)構(gòu)的認(rèn)證,代表該校的每一個(gè)科系都通過(guò)認(rèn)證。6大機(jī)構(gòu)詳細(xì)列表如下:
美國(guó)地區(qū)性認(rèn)證機(jī)構(gòu)與轄區(qū) | |
名稱 | 管轄范圍(州) |
中部大專院校協(xié)會(huì) Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools http://www.css-msa.org | Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands |
新英格蘭大專院校協(xié)會(huì) New England Association of Colleges and Schools http://www.neasc.org | Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont |
北部大專院校協(xié)會(huì) North Central Association of Colleges and Schools http://www.ncacasi.org | Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming |
西北部大專院校協(xié)會(huì) Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges http://www2.boisestate.edu/nasc | Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington |
南部大專院校協(xié)會(huì) Southern Association of Colleges and Schools http://www.sacscoc.org/index.asp | Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia |
西部大專院校協(xié)會(huì) Western Association of Schools and Colleges http://www.wascweb.org | California, Hawaii, Guam, Trust Territory of the Pacific |
除了地區(qū)性的認(rèn)證機(jī)構(gòu)之外,美國(guó)還有有80個(gè)專業(yè)認(rèn)證機(jī)構(gòu),專門(mén)負(fù)責(zé)就其領(lǐng)域內(nèi)對(duì)各校某一科系的認(rèn)證。在一所經(jīng)過(guò)6個(gè)區(qū)域性的認(rèn)證機(jī)構(gòu)認(rèn)可的大學(xué)中,不一定每一個(gè)科系都經(jīng)過(guò)80個(gè)認(rèn)證機(jī)構(gòu)的認(rèn)證。例如加州州立大學(xué)洛杉磯分校是經(jīng)過(guò)西部大專院校協(xié)會(huì)認(rèn)可的,但是該校的64個(gè)學(xué)院、科系和專業(yè)分支中,只有15個(gè)在學(xué)校通過(guò)認(rèn)證的基礎(chǔ)上又通過(guò)了專業(yè)認(rèn)證機(jī)構(gòu)的認(rèn)證。幾個(gè)熱門(mén)專業(yè)的認(rèn)證機(jī)構(gòu)如下:
美國(guó)主要專業(yè)認(rèn)證機(jī)構(gòu) | |
名稱 | 專業(yè) |
全國(guó)大專院校藝術(shù)設(shè)計(jì)協(xié)會(huì) National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) http://www.arts-accredit.org/nasad/default.htm | 藝術(shù)類專業(yè)Art |
管理教育協(xié)會(huì) The Association of Management Education http://www.aacsb.edu | 商務(wù)管理專業(yè)Business Administration |
美國(guó)化學(xué)協(xié)會(huì) American Chemistry Society (ACS) http://www.chemistry.org | 化學(xué)Chemistry |
國(guó)家教師教育認(rèn)證司 National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) http://www.ncate.org 加州認(rèn)證委員會(huì) California Committee on Accreditation (COA) | 教育專業(yè)Education |
科技工程認(rèn)證協(xié)會(huì)中的工程專業(yè)認(rèn)證委員會(huì) Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) http://www.abet.org | 工程專業(yè)Engineering |
全國(guó)大專院校音樂(lè)協(xié)會(huì) National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) http://www.arts-accredit.org/nasm/nasm.htm | 音樂(lè)專業(yè)Music |
全國(guó)護(hù)士協(xié)會(huì) National league for Nursing (NLN) http://www.nln.org 加州注冊(cè)護(hù)士委員會(huì) California Board of Registered Nursing (CBRN) | 護(hù)士專業(yè)Nursing |
國(guó)際行為分析協(xié)會(huì) Association for Behavior Analysis: International http://www.abainternational.org | 心理學(xué)Psychology |
全國(guó)大專院校公共關(guān)系和管理協(xié)會(huì) National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) http://www.naspaa.org | 公共管理專業(yè)Public Administration |
社會(huì)工作教育委員會(huì) Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) http://www.cswe.org | 社會(huì)工作專業(yè)Social Work |
美國(guó)演講語(yǔ)言聽(tīng)力協(xié)會(huì) American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASLHA) http://www.asha.org | 演講語(yǔ)言病理學(xué)專業(yè)Speech-Language Pathology聽(tīng)力學(xué)專業(yè)Audiology |
美國(guó)營(yíng)養(yǎng)學(xué)協(xié)會(huì) American Dietetics Association (ADA) http://www/eatright.org | 營(yíng)養(yǎng)學(xué)專業(yè)Dietetics |
鑒定實(shí)例
了解了美國(guó)的認(rèn)證機(jī)構(gòu)之后,當(dāng)我們看到一所大學(xué)的名稱時(shí),只要按照這兩個(gè)網(wǎng)址輸入大學(xué)名稱:
1.http://www.chea.org/search/search.asp,
2.http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.asp
在網(wǎng)站內(nèi)就可以看到這所大學(xué)是否qualified。例如我們輸入Duke,可以得到下面的結(jié)果:
分別有學(xué)院認(rèn)證和課程項(xiàng)目認(rèn)證
學(xué)院認(rèn)證
課程項(xiàng)目認(rèn)證
這個(gè)鑒定系統(tǒng)無(wú)論是整體還是單獨(dú)的課程,都有專門(mén)的機(jī)構(gòu)做了認(rèn)證。假如碰見(jiàn)一所美國(guó)大學(xué),要鑒定它的真?zhèn)?,就可以在這個(gè)鑒定系統(tǒng)里查詢。